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  • Judicial Corruption Under Fire: Trump Channels Old Hickory’s Playbook

    Judicial Corruption Under Fire: Trump Channels Old Hickory’s Playbook

    Judicial Corruption Under Fire: President Trump takes on activist judges, corrupt Democrats, and Deep State operatives blocking his reforms.

  • Corruption Err-uption

    Corruption Err-uption

    Ever encountered the dreaded ‘This file is corrupt’ error in Microsoft Word? It’s worse when the message is ‘This country is corrupt.’

  • Captain K’s Ballot Warning

    Captain K’s Ballot Warning

    Captain Seth Keshel came on The Unknown Podcast with Michael Volpe and Richard Luthmann to deliver a blunt warning about 2026: the congressional elections will not be won by slogans, lazy polling narratives, or consultant fundraising panic. They will be won in the ballot trenches. Keshel broke down the House battlefield, the limits of midterm…

  • Trump’s DOJ is Protecting Comey

    Trump’s DOJ is Protecting Comey

    Richard Luthmann’s Fort Myers FOIA case against the Department of Justice is no ordinary records fight. It asks why the Trump DOJ is protecting the buried paper trail behind James Comey, the 1997 Richard Ortiz murder in Yonkers, and the federal pursuit of John “Johnny T” Tortora. Luthmann says the records could expose whether Comey…

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    FL Gulf News is an independent Florida-based news and commentary publication covering Florida courts, Florida politics, public corruption, First Amendment and media law, cancel culture, Gulf Coast affairs, and government accountability. FL Gulf News is published by SCRIVENER, LLC. Publication Publication Name: FL Gulf NewsTagline: Gulf Truths, UnfilteredPublisher: SCRIVENER, LLCEditor-in-Chief: Richard A. LuthmannPrimary Coverage Area:…

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    FL Gulf News is committed to investigative reporting, informed commentary, public accountability, and evidence-driven journalism. Our work focuses on Florida courts, Florida politics, public corruption, First Amendment and media law, cancel culture, Gulf Coast affairs, and government accountability. Published by SCRIVENER, LLC, FL Gulf News operates under the banner “Gulf Truths, Unfiltered.” Our editorial mission…

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    FL Gulf News is an independent Florida-based news and commentary publication covering Florida courts, Florida politics, public corruption, First Amendment and media law, cancel culture, Gulf Coast affairs, and government accountability. Published by SCRIVENER, LLC, FL Gulf News operates under the banner “Gulf Truths, Unfiltered.” The publication uses public records, court filings, source documents, interviews,…

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    About FL Gulf News

    FL Gulf News is an independent Florida-based news and commentary publication covering Florida courts, Florida politics, public corruption, First Amendment and media law, cancel culture, Gulf Coast affairs, and government accountability. Under the banner “Gulf Truths, Unfiltered,” FL Gulf News delivers investigative reporting and informed commentary on the institutions, controversies, and power structures shaping civic…

  • Trump Was Right: Treat The Steal Like J6

    Trump Was Right: Treat The Steal Like J6

    Donald Trump’s “Meet the Press” blow-up with Kristen Welker was not a meltdown. It was a national mood swing finally spoken out loud. Americans are sick of being told not to believe their own eyes when elections drag on for days and late ballots magically reshape the battlefield. Spencer Pratt’s Los Angeles mayoral run is…

  • The Politics of Perception

    The Politics of Perception

    Pennsylvania is not just another governor’s race. It is one of the country’s most important political laboratories heading into 2026 and 2028. Florida has moved from battleground to Republican stronghold, but Pennsylvania remains the kind of swing state that reveals where the national electorate may be headed. Gov. Josh Shapiro is raising money like a…

  • The Marceno Smear Was Always the Story

    The Marceno Smear Was Always the Story

    The Marceno story is now naked. The feds closed the case. The federal frame collapsed. What remains is not proof. It is residue. Romano has a grudge. Hollow has ambition. Norman has a shovel and a left-wing deadline. Danesh has a mob button. Together, they are trying to make gossip look like evidence and repetition…

  • The Manatee Power Grab

    The Manatee Power Grab

    Florida’s manatees just became the face of a high-stakes constitutional brawl—and the outcome could reshape state power nationwide. In Bear Warriors United v. Lambert, activists are trying to use the Endangered Species Act to force Florida regulators to crack down harder on pollution—or face federal liability themselves. Critics say that’s not environmental protection. It’s a…

  • Comey Exposed in FOIA Case

    Comey Exposed in FOIA Case

    This isn’t just a lawsuit. It’s a detonation. A federal FOIA case filed in Fort Myers is aiming straight at the legacy of James Comey — and the question that could shatter it: did the former FBI Director weaponize federal power to settle a hometown vendetta? Journalist Richard Luthmann says yes. And he’s demanding the…

  • Steve Bannon’s Money Trail with Miles Guo

    Steve Bannon’s Money Trail with Miles Guo

    The spectacular rise and fall of Chinese exile billionaire Miles Guo—also known as Ho Wan Kwok, Guo Wengui, and Brother Seven—is one of the most bizarre financial sagas in modern politics. Guo built a global anti-Chinese Communist Party movement that doubled as a massive fundraising machine. At the center of it stood Steve Bannon, former…

  • Federal Court Boogeyman Backfire

    Federal Court Boogeyman Backfire

    Danesh Noshirvan’s federal court narrative is collapsing under documented facts. The TikTok “accountability” influencer built a civil lawsuit around a villain he called a dangerous international fugitive. That villain was journalist Joey Camp. But on February 10, 2026, INTERPOL certified that Camp “is not subject to an INTERPOL Notice or Diffusion.” The Belize Red Notice…

  • When Care Kills

    When Care Kills

    Illinois quietly crossed a moral and cultural line just days before Christmas. By legalizing physician-assisted suicide—softened with the euphemism “medical aid in dying”—the state joined a growing list redefining death as healthcare. What’s framed as compassion and choice is, in practice, the normalization of killing as treatment. Lost in the spin are the poor, the…

  • YouTube Star’s Lawyer Slammed for “Fraud on the Court”

    YouTube Star’s Lawyer Slammed for “Fraud on the Court”

    (GAINESVILLE, FL) — A YouTube lawsuit meant to silence criticism has boomeranged into a full-blown ethics crisis. Court filings accuse Randy Shochet, lawyer for YouTube creator Jeremy Hales, of lying to a federal court, fabricating service, and doubling down after repeated warnings. A 126-page motion details alleged “fraud on the court,” cites the Eleventh Circuit’s…

  • Deep State Death Watch

    Deep State Death Watch

    Philip Kenner is dying in federal custody, and the Bureau of Prisons is letting it happen. Terminally ill with late-stage colon cancer, Kenner says the BOP has stripped him of life-saving treatment authorized under President Trump’s Right to Try Act. While the law was meant to give dying patients a chance to survive, the BOP…

  • Trump’s Winning Oil Gambit Has Putin Over a Barrel

    Trump’s Winning Oil Gambit Has Putin Over a Barrel

    In one ruthless stroke of economic statecraft, Donald Trump has turned oil into a geopolitical weapon and aimed it straight at Vladimir Putin’s wallet. By cracking open Venezuela’s long-dormant oil reserves, Trump isn’t just lowering gas prices at home — he’s collapsing the financial scaffolding holding up Russia’s war machine. It’s Reagan-era energy warfare updated…

  • Antifa Agitator Dangerous Danesh Noshirvan

    Antifa Agitator Dangerous Danesh Noshirvan

    Radical TikTok agitator Danesh Noshirvan has crossed a dangerous line. The Antifa-aligned mega influencer is now openly calling for organized, armed left-wing militias to confront ICE agents and federal law enforcement in America’s largest cities. Framing ICE as “Trump’s racist army,” Noshirvan urges followers to physically block agents and force them out of communities. The…

  • The Family Fault Line

    The Family Fault Line

    The real culture war isn’t fought in courtrooms or capitols. It’s fought at kitchen tables. New data from the Institute for Family Studies confirms what common sense already knows: societies rise or fall on marriage, family, and faith. Conservatives are still forming families. Progressives aren’t. The result is loneliness, declining birthrates, political instability, and a…

  • Case Closed Smear Open

    Case Closed Smear Open

    Federal investigators cleared Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno. The case is closed. No charges. No wrongdoing. End of story—or so you’d think. Instead, left-wing media outlets are dragging a dead investigation back from the grave, recycling rumors and private audio to smear a pro-Trump lawman who keeps winning elections. With Marceno eyeing a potential 2026…

  • Importing Chaos Jihadi Edition

    Importing Chaos Jihadi Edition

    America is again paying the price for Washington’s delusions about nation-building. The killing of West Virginia National Guard soldier Sarah Beckstrom near the White House — allegedly by Afghan asylum recipient and former CIA-backed fighter Rahmanullah Lakanwal — exposes the deadly fallout of Operation Allies Welcome and President Biden’s chaotic Afghanistan exit. Lakanwal didn’t sneak…

  • Fraudster in the Foxhole: Operation Vaginal Recognition

    Fraudster in the Foxhole: Operation Vaginal Recognition

    James McGibney built his reputation as the internet’s biggest bully hunter. He branded himself a Marine-turned-avenger who fought stalkers, predators, and trolls. But behind the slogans, lawsuits, and TV appearances, critics say McGibney ran extortion rackets, pushed fake credentials, abused the courts, and terrorized the very people he claimed to protect. From Cheaterville’s pay-to-delete scheme…

  • Charlotte County Judge Picks – The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

    Charlotte County Judge Picks – The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

    Florida’s judicial spotlight shifted to Charlotte County this week as Governor Ron DeSantis received the official shortlist for two coveted judgeships. After a marathon day of 26 interviews, the Twentieth Judicial Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission advanced 11 finalists—five for Circuit Court, six for County Court. Some candidates soared, showcasing sharp legal minds and steady courtroom…

  • The Anti-Wealth Manifesto

    The Anti-Wealth Manifesto

    New York City just elected a mayor who thinks billionaires shouldn’t exist, landlords are parasites, and capitalism is theft. Zohran Mamdani, a 34-year-old Marxist-leaning activist with a family steeped in anti-capitalist ideology, now controls America’s largest economic engine. His win exposes a city drifting from grit to grievance, where slogans beat math and envy beats…

  • Volpe and Luthmann Unleashed on ‘Get Real’ with Tom Lemons

    Volpe and Luthmann Unleashed on ‘Get Real’ with Tom Lemons

    Independent journalists Michael Volpe and Richard Luthmann joined Florida watchdog Tom Lemons on Get Real for a blistering exposé on courtroom corruption, political cowardice, and cancel culture. The trio didn’t pull punches—taking aim at family court profiteers, anti-transparency judges, and politicians like Arizona’s Katie Hobbs. From debtors’ prisons for parents to gag orders on reporters,…

  • Leftist Blood Money: The Shadow Cash in the Age of Political Assassinations

    Leftist Blood Money: The Shadow Cash in the Age of Political Assassinations

    Charlie Kirk’s assassination and the Trump rally shooting mark a chilling new chapter in American politics. Bullets flew, blood spilled, and investigators are tracing the money behind the killers. The trail leads to a shadowy nexus of foreign adversaries and leftist dark-money networks. From Iran’s revenge plots to Chinese Communist Party cash, from Arabella Advisors’…

  • DANESH IS SCREWED: DUANE MORRIS DEMANDS $100K TO SATISFY SANCTIONS RULING

    DANESH IS SCREWED: DUANE MORRIS DEMANDS $100K TO SATISFY SANCTIONS RULING

    TikTok agitator Danesh Noshirvan is staring down a crushing six-figure bill. On September 2, 2025, powerhouse firm Duane Morris LLP demanded nearly $100,000 in sanctions for Noshirvan’s courtroom meltdown. A federal judge already ruled he acted in “subjective bad faith,” screaming at opposing counsel Julian Jackson-Fannin and then unleashing his online mob to harass him.…

  • The Geometrics of Power

    The Geometrics of Power

    Gerrymandering has long been a dirty trick in American politics, warping maps into grotesque shapes that protect incumbents and punish voters. Born in 1812 from Massachusetts Gov. Elbridge Gerry’s salamander-shaped district, the practice is now a political art form. Vice President J.D. Vance blasted Democrats’ abuse of the tactic, pointing to California, Connecticut, and other…

  • Tyrants Liars and Gagged Moms: The Unknown Podcast Blows Lid Off Global Scandals

    Tyrants Liars and Gagged Moms: The Unknown Podcast Blows Lid Off Global Scandals

    Robert H. Tembeckjian, Administrator and Counsel of the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct (CJC), has come under fire from judicial reform advocates and watchdogs who accuse him of shielding corrupt judges and engaging in selective enforcement of misconduct complaints. Critics allege that Tembeckjian routinely closes valid complaints—especially those involving politically connected judges—without proper…

  • Luthmann Lawfare Unleashed, Trump Trade Triumphs, and Family Court Fury

    Luthmann Lawfare Unleashed, Trump Trade Triumphs, and Family Court Fury

    The Unknown Podcast’s 48th episode is its boldest yet. Journalists Richard Luthmann and Michael Volpe tackle Trump’s Japan trade deal, savage Staten Island DA Mike McMahon’s “Stalinist” lawfare, and dismantle YouTuber Jeremy Hales’s phony lawsuit circus. Danesh Noshirvan ducks federal court for an OnlyFans shoot, while Idaho State Senator Tammy Nichols exposes a judicial mafia…

  • LAWFARE INVADES FLORIDA: NEW YORK’S RADICAL DA TRIES TO ARREST TRUMP SUPPORTING FL JOURNALIST FOR “FELONY FREE SPEECH”

    LAWFARE INVADES FLORIDA: NEW YORK’S RADICAL DA TRIES TO ARREST TRUMP SUPPORTING FL JOURNALIST FOR “FELONY FREE SPEECH”

    A rogue Democrat prosecutor in New York just declared war on Florida. Staten Island DA Michael McMahon issued a felony warrant for conservative journalist Richard Luthmann—accusing him of criminal contempt for posting memes and political articles online. Luthmann, who lives peacefully in Naples, Florida, calls the warrant “institutional homicide.” He filed a federal notice to…

  • FRAUDSTER IN A SUIT? RANDY “ROCKET” SHOCHET

    FRAUDSTER IN A SUIT? RANDY “ROCKET” SHOCHET

    Randall “Randy” Shochet, a former Missouri dentist caught committing insurance fraud and perjury, is again under fire—this time as a Florida attorney. Barred from practicing law in Arkansas due to dishonesty, he was nevertheless admitted to the Florida Bar in 2005. Critics say he misled examiners by omitting or lying about his sordid past. Now…

  • MUSK’S FREE SPEECH TEST

    MUSK’S FREE SPEECH TEST

    Big Tech censorship is no longer subtle. It’s coordinated, punitive, and unapologetic. Investigative journalists like Michael “Thunder” Phillips, Richard Luthmann, and John Seaman have been deplatformed, shadowbanned, or erased entirely for reporting facts that make elites squirm. From Medium to Substack to X, “Trust & Safety” squads operate in the shadows—refusing to cite policies, identify…

  • PROMISES MADE PROMISES KEPT

    PROMISES MADE PROMISES KEPT

    President Trump promised the biggest celebration in American history—and now he’s delivering. The kickoff to the United States’ 250th birthday will begin at Fort Bragg, where Trump will stand with Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth to celebrate the U.S. Army and declare that America is back. Military readiness is up, recruitment has soared, and the…

  • LUTHMANN UNLEASHES WAR ON YOUTUBE AND THE WOKE MOB

    LUTHMANN UNLEASHES WAR ON YOUTUBE AND THE WOKE MOB

    Richard Luthmann, the self-proclaimed #Uncancellable and former “Game of Thrones Lawyer,” is launching a legal crusade against YouTube and its CEO, Neal Mohan. He accuses the platform of enforcing “Community Standards” that amount to treasonous viewpoint censorship, silencing dissenting voices under the guise of moderation. Drawing parallels to historical warnings about factionalism, Luthmann argues that…

  • From Reporter to Retaliator: Megan Fox Accused of Weaponizing Legal System Against Critics

    From Reporter to Retaliator: Megan Fox Accused of Weaponizing Legal System Against Critics

    In Episode 40 of The Unknown Podcast, journalists Richard Luthmann and Michael Volpe, joined by Christy Black, scrutinize YouTuber Megan Fox’s recent actions, labeling her a “First Amendment fraud.” They discuss Fox’s alleged hypocrisy in advocating for free speech while reportedly attempting to suppress criticism through legal means. The episode also delves into Fox’s association…